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Krinkle
Feb 9, 2003

Ah do believe Ah've got the vapors...
Ah mean the farts


Which asimov short story was that multivac story taken from? I gotta know what they asked the computer.

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cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




goddamnedtwisto posted:

Bitcoin est de la merde , il ne se arręte pas l'emprisonnement
bitcoin is satan, i will not stop imprisonment? (i don't know french)

Krinkle posted:

Which asimov short story was that multivac story taken from? I gotta know what they asked the computer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Question i think

surebet
Jan 10, 2013

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re: bitstamp moving to aws

[–]ddmnyc -2 points 3 hours ago
So, all kidding aside, is it safe to say that Amazon now "runs" one of the world's top bitcoin exchanges?

mod saas
May 4, 2004

Grimey Drawer

yes

vOv
Feb 8, 2014

kalstrams posted:

bitcoin is satan, i will not stop imprisonment? (i don't know french)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Question i think

'merde' is 'poo poo' but otherwise yeah

Boxturret
Oct 3, 2013

Don't ask me about Sonic the Hedgehog diaper fetish

computer toucher
Jan 8, 2012

AlbieQuirky posted:

What's Helsinki syndrome? Stockholm syndrome with more As?

It's a Die Hard joke.

Nessus
Dec 22, 2003

After a Speaker vote, you may be entitled to a valuable coupon or voucher!



Aleksei Vasiliev posted:

If all of this energy could be channeled into a single orgy of computation, a 219-bit counter could be cycled through all of its states.

trucutru
Jul 9, 2003

by Fluffdaddy

Bitcoin, the decentralized currency with only one real marketplace.

trucutru
Jul 9, 2003

by Fluffdaddy
No, wait

Bitcoin, the decentralized currency with only one "real" marketplace.

TVarmy
Sep 11, 2011

like food and water, my posting has no intrinsic value

kalstrams posted:

bitcoin is satan, i will not stop imprisonment? (i don't know french)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Question i think

it's actually, "bitcoin is poo poo, it won't stop imprisonment."

the original cartoon the french guys made was of a muslim guy getting shot through a quran, and it said, "the quran is poo poo, it won't stop a bullet."

"je ne suis pas satoshi" - dorian nakamoto refusing to show solidarity with ppl using free speech to launder money :smith:

e:
keep spreading fud i am about to nut and i need to do it soon so i have a proper refractory period before more happenings occur.

TVarmy fucked around with this message at 22:34 on Jan 10, 2015

goddamnedtwisto
Dec 31, 2004

If you ask me about the mole people in the London Underground, I WILL be forced to kill you
Fun Shoe

kalstrams posted:

bitcoin is satan, i will not stop imprisonment? (i don't know french)

bitcoin is poo poo, it doesn't stop imprisonment

i guess you've not been following the events in france that the je suis charlie shrem joke came from? take my word for it that's a really good joke.


this is an amazing story, especially (as with a lot of asimov's shorts) it's printed as intended with the last paragraph on the next page to avoid spoiling the payoff.

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




TVarmy posted:

it's actually, "bitcoin is poo poo, it won't stop imprisonment."

the original cartoon the french guys made was of a muslim guy getting shot through a quran, and it said, "the quran is poo poo, it won't stop a bullet."

"je ne suis pas satoshi" - dorian nakamoto refusing to show solidarity with ppl using free speech to launder money :smith:
oh, so i was close in my guess, since i do not know french, if a word or two maybe

goddamnedtwisto posted:

bitcoin is poo poo, it doesn't stop imprisonment

i guess you've not been following the events in france that the je suis charlie shrem joke came from? take my word for it that's a really good joke.
i have been following events fairly well, i just did not familiarize myself with the exact content of caricature, since it having religious basis was enough for me to put together bits and pieces
fun fact, christianity-related caricature was banned from release several years ago for "insulting inner beliefs" or some wording like that

Cantorsdust
Aug 10, 2008

Infinitely many points, but zero length.

Just-In-Timeberlake posted:

Enough energy, if we wanted to draw on it, to melt all Earth into a big drop of impure 99% PURE liquid iron SILVER, and still never miss the energy so used.

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?

kalstrams posted:

oh, so i was close in my guess, since i do not know french, if a word or two maybe

i have been following events fairly well, i just did not familiarize myself with the exact content of caricature, since it having religious basis was enough for me to put together bits and pieces
fun fact, christianity-related caricature was banned from release several years ago for "insulting inner beliefs" or some wording like that

what the gently caress are you a babbling about?

Dr. Honked
Jan 9, 2011

eat it you slaaaaaaag
he got the sperg

Same Great Paste
Jan 14, 2006




sever

Boxturret
Oct 3, 2013

Don't ask me about Sonic the Hedgehog diaper fetish

Dr. Honked posted:

he got the sperg

:rip:

A Pinball Wizard
Mar 23, 2005

I know every trick, no freak's gonna beat my hands

College Slice

The Management posted:

what the gently caress are you a babbling about?

seemed pretty clear to me?

Weatherman
Jul 30, 2003

WARBLEKLONK

Dr. Honked posted:

he got the sperg

honked again!

Ron Paul Atreides
Apr 19, 2012

Uyghurs situation in Xinjiang? Just a police action, do not fret. Not ongoing genocide like in EVIL Canada.

I am definitely not a tankie.
is bitcoin still crashing?

ellie the beep
Jun 15, 2007

Vaginas, my subject.
Plane hulls, my medium.

Ron Paul Atreides posted:

is bitcoin still crashing?

seems to have stabilized at around 275 for now

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?
the bearwhale's revenge is done

poik007
Aug 16, 2006
Thinks Mother 3 is the best game ever
nous avons vaincus l'oursbaleine

Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

je suis poutine

Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


Edminster posted:

seems to have stabilized at around 275 for now



just like it stabilized at 350 a month ago, and stabilized at 320 a week ago.

Chocobo
Oct 15, 2012


Here comes a new challenger!
Oven Wrangler
you know how a cat crouches before it pounces? bitcoin is a cat

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

buttcoin wiggle

Nerdlord Actual
Apr 14, 2007

Awaken to your true self with Wisconsin Potatoes
Grimey Drawer

Sweevo posted:

load bearing paper wallets

5

ArchWizard
Mar 27, 2009

There's the Roy I know and love.


did anyone make a dickquack reference during frenchat? i may not have been paying full attention to every post

Robawesome
Jul 22, 2005

ArchWizard
Mar 27, 2009

There's the Roy I know and love.


k, just making sure we covered everything

Dren
Jan 5, 2001

Pillbug

hobbesmaster posted:

buttcoin wiggle

Weatherman
Jul 30, 2003

WARBLEKLONK

hobbesmaster posted:

buttcoin wiggle

buttcoin status: jiggled wiggled

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum

Edminster posted:

seems to have stabilized at around 275 for now

it was really nice of them to restart trading at ~15 dollars higher than it was when trading stopped

surebet
Jan 10, 2013

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Chocobo posted:

you know how a cat crouches before it pounces bounces? bitcoin is a dead cat

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

maybe we're the cat and Bitcoin is a mouse and we're bored

trucutru
Jul 9, 2003

by Fluffdaddy
Its been somewhat quiet in r/bitcoin lately, at least they keep on making infographs




Someone mentions that butts have no intrinsic value and

quote:


Actually, BTC is the only legal tender accepted by the Bitcoin block chain, much like USD is necessary for paying US taxes. So, it derives it's value in much the same way as USD.

On intrinsic value, well it's good that it isn't intrinsically valuable. Suppose that the intrinsic value of a currency suddenly changes (ie it is discovered that gold causes/cures cancer), then the economy built around that currency would come crashing down. But that cannot happen to Bitcoin, because it is not based on some idea of intrinsic value. The only thing that could kill Bitcoin would be it's rigidly enforced monetary policy.

trucutru fucked around with this message at 06:34 on Jan 11, 2015

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum
you don't have to store gold as a metal, you can also store it in a solution of aqua regia

also it's pretty difficult to irrecoverably destroy gold but extremely easy to destroy buttcoins, hmmm i wonder why that didn't make it on the list

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Boxturret
Oct 3, 2013

Don't ask me about Sonic the Hedgehog diaper fetish
oh dear we'd better get off the gold standard soon then

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